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Give Participants Time to Talk

Posted September 21st, 2009 by DanTobin
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It is a common error, and one that I made early in my career. Because bringing participants together is so costly to the company, and because it happens so infrequently, there is a natural tendency to cram as much information as possible into the available time.

Meeting Architecture, a manifesto.

Posted March 7th, 2008 by maarten.vannest...
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Read Book review from Elling Hamso    Dr. Elling Hamso, Managing Partner, European Event ROI Institute

 MEETING ARCHITECTURE 
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Openness or How Do You Design for the Loss of Control?

Posted October 1st, 2010 by rosa.garriga
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Openness is the mega-trend for innovation in the 21st century, and it remains the topic du jour for businesses of all kinds. Granted, it has been on the agenda of every executive ever since Henry Chesbrough’s seminal Open Innovation came out in 2003.

Culturally diverse attendance and learning in conferences

Posted October 19th, 2011 by anjisagi
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After reading Vanneste's wonderful book, Meeting Architecture: a manifesto, I have been wondering whether the industry architects design the content of a conference keeping the multicultural audience in mind. To be more specific, I wonder what and when any conceptual tools are used to achieve the conference's learning objectives.

Top creativity Tips to Think Outside the Box by Midcourse Corrections

Posted September 1st, 2011 by mireia.iglesias
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Ever been stuck and feel like you can’t get out of your box?

Maybe even backed into a corner? I have. And I suspect you have too.

Routine Thinking Leads To Being Stuck

I believe that often we do the same thing so much that we can’t see another way of proceeding.

Our minds really don’t like to think. It defaults to a mental path we’ve created over and over again. It takes less energy and mental work to follow the same path or process.

A Quick Fix for Queues

Posted June 6th, 2010 by parbuckle
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ScienceDaily (June 3, 2010) — Queuing, standing in line ... it's what we do well, but complain about the most. Thankfully, science is coming to the rescue as researchers in Taiwan have devised a formula that could revolutionize restaurants, post offices, customer service desks, and theater ticket sales everywhere.

Dan Tobin - Corporate Learning Strategist

Posted September 21st, 2009 by DanTobin
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Dan has worked in the training and development field for 30 years, including four years as vice president of design and development at the American Management Association, eleven years at Digital Equipment Corporation where he founded Digital’s Network University, and two years at Wang Global/Getronics where he founded Wang Global/Getronics Virtual University.  Dan has extensive experience in management development, executive education, sales and sales support training and technical education.

Secrets of Effective Meetings and Events

Posted October 20th, 2009 by stevedewit
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Written by a planner, for other planners, this book touches many M&E management issues from a practical day-to-day point of view. Whether you are an experienced meeting planner or you are making your first steps into this challenging world, this book is your survival guide to make meetings and events more effective.
You will be introduced in new and attracting meeting and networking formats and you discover the tools to create your own innovative formats.

Will We Succeed? The Science of Self Motivation

Posted June 6th, 2010 by parbuckle
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ScienceDaily (June 1, 2010) — Can you help you? Recent research by University of Illinois Professor Dolores Albarracin and Visiting Assistant Professor Ibrahim Senay, along with Kenji Noguchi, Assistant Professor at Southern Mississippi University, has shown that those who ask themselves whether they will perform a task generally do better than those who tell themselves that they will.

Using "Virtual Follow-up Sessions" to reinforce learning

Posted September 21st, 2009 by DanTobin
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Virtual Follow-Up Sessions to Reinforce Learning

How often have you attended a meeting or training session or taken an e-learning program and then failed at applying your learning to your job? Often this results from one of the following causes:
• Because the subject matter was brand new to you, you didn’t know what questions to ask in the class, so when you tried to apply your learning to your work, you find that you now have questions, but no resources available to answer those questions.

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